Career Area:
Students and Graduates
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Caterpillar Returnship is a 24-week company paid; office-based program designed to enable a soft launch for experienced professionals on a career break. This initiative includes, networking sessions, coaching, trainings, and a project / work scope assignment.
Eligibility to apply – Career break of minimum 6 months.
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Mainframe Developer with hands-on experience in designing, developing, enhancing, and supporting enterprise mainframe applications. The candidate should have strong technical expertise in COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS and VSAM , along with experience supporting business-critical applications and working with cross-functional teams.
What You Will Do:
Design, develop, test and maintain mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS and VSAM .
Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
Develop and enhance batch and online applications.
Perform complex application debugging, root-cause analysis and production issue resolution.
Write and optimize DB2 SQL queries, COBOL programs and JCL jobs .
Support production batch cycles and resolve job failures and application incidents.
Perform impact analysis for application enhancements and system/interface changes.
Work with upstream and downstream applications to troubleshoot integration and data-flow issues.
Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to development and quality standards.
Support application releases, implementation and post-production validation.
Create and maintain technical specifications, application documentation and support procedures.
Mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance.
Collaborate with business analysts, application teams, infrastructure teams and other stakeholders.
Drive automation and continuous improvement opportunities within mainframe development and support.
What You Have:
Required Technical Skills
Must Have
COBOL
JCL
DB2 / SQL
CICS
VSAM
Mainframe batch processing
Production support and troubleshooting
File handling and data processing
Debugging and root-cause analysis
Preferred / Good to Have
IBM z/OS
TSO/ISPF
SDSF
IBM MQ
Changeman / Endevor
Control-M or equivalent scheduling tool
File-AID / Abend-AID
Experience Expectations
the candidate should be capable of independently owning technical deliverables rather than only performing coding tasks. The role should demonstrate:
Strong application and system-level troubleshooting
Technical design and impact analysis
End-to-end ownership of enhancements and production issues
Ability to understand complex legacy application flows
Strong communication with business and technical stakeholders
Code review and technical mentoring
Incident and problem management
Release and production implementation support
Education
Bachelor's degree in , Engineering , or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of India which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers .
Final Details:
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